FSBDL Mid Season Farm Rankings

Used a composite ranking from multiple lists and gave teams a prospect score using 4 tiers.

1. Papz – (J.P. Crawford 4, Tyler Glasnow 7, Aaron Nola 13, Manuel Margot 33, Brett Phillips 34, Jose Peraza 39, Ketel Marte 59, A.J. Reed 71)

Nola will be graduating from these lists soon, but for now he still gets to highlight papz’s 6 prospects in the top 50. Crawford is a consensus top 5 among scouts and looks like an OBP machine. Glasnow is just unhittable. Margot and Phillips represent future top and middle of the order bats. He’s going to need them because his team is old as frick even after trading Phillips.

2. Swamie- (Corey Seager 1, Alex Reyes 12, Jose De Leon 20, Dalton Pompey 38, Austin Meadows 40, Josh Bell 43, Taylor Guerrieri 64, Clint Coulter 84)

There’s a lot of pieces here to really upgrade this team. Seager can make an immediate impact. Reyes and De Leon are filthy but still have a lot to prove. If Meadows can find his power stroke, he’ll be a star. For now, his bat is consistent enough to play in a lineup. Bell needs to be more consistent to play 1B and his defense really needs to improve.

3. RollDatRoll – (Daniel Norris 9, Michael Conforto 14, Orlando Arcia 15, Gleybar Torres 25, Alex Meyer 86)

The two teams ahead of Roll in these rankings can’t even boast of having 4 top 25 prospects, yet I still can’t help to feel unimpressed with this group. Norris is all stuff over command, Conforto is rocketing up these lists but I still can’t find anyone who thinks he’s a legit power bat, and Arcia was more known for his glove before he started finding is stroke this year in AA, though I’d take him over Segura right now. And Gleybar is up this high thanks to ceiling projections from BA and Sickles.

4. Earl – (Lucas Giolito 2, Joey Gallo 5, Jeff Hoffman 36, Raimel Tapia 50, Grant Holmes 52)

The man with the five-year plan! Would have easily been #1 before Sano and Russell were called up. Earl desperately needs Giolito to be the ace everyone predicts him to be. Hoffman came back from TJ surgery throwing flames, struggled a bit, but is on the fast track for the Jays. Those two can possibly anchor his rotation. We’ve seen the power Gallo brings as well the K%. Tapia is said to have the best swing mechanics in the minors and Holmes was the 2nd best SP prospect for LAD before De Leon emerged. Earl has a ton of potential in the future, but I see a lot of holes he still needs to fill. Of course he’ll get to start early on filling those holes with the top pick in the draft.

5. OMT – (Julio Urias 3, Kyle Schwarber 6, Trea Turner 18, Brent Honeywell 60)

I love his top 3 prospect. Scouts say Urias can fill a roll in MLB at 18, Schwarber can mash and Turner will fill out SS for him next year and should hit right away. His bats should be stacked for a long time.

6. Cwill – (Rafael Devers 10, Nomar Mazara 11, Jake Thompson 31, Jesse Winkler 46, Amir Garrett 83)

Devers might be the real deal at 18…Mazara maybe a little overrated. He shot up the rankings as a 20 year old in AA displaying power and might be falling back to earth in July. I still believe he will be an above average corner OF. Winkler is rebounding after a terrible start. Amir Garrett, who played in the Futures Game can shoot up these rankings.

7. Knat – (Jose Berrios 16, Tim Anderson 27, Billy McKinney 41, Derek Fisher 85)

Berrios is having a rough transition to AAA in his first couple starts but still misses a lot of bats. Mid-rotation guy, which fits in perfectly with his current staff. I like McKinney a lot more than Anderson

8. Barry – (Aaron Judge 17, Bradley Zimmer 19, Tyler Kolek 61, Tyler Beede 77)

By the time Cruz’s power is finally dimming, barry will be restocking the power in his OF with Judge and then some pop/speed combo with Zimmer.

9. CQQ – (Mark Appel 30, Raul Mondesi 32, Joe Ross 35, Josh Hader 78, Sean Manaea 79)

Look at all this pitching! The guy the Astros passed on Kris Bryant for had a great June that made people remember him, and has had a rough start in AAA, but the stuff is still there for him to click. Joe Ross looked great in his 3 MLB starts. Manaea is creating a lot of buzz with his 10.7 K/9 through 2 seasons of pro ball.

10. Chat – (Robert Stephenson 22, Franklin Barreto 23)

Even after trading Josh Bell, Chat has two top 25 prospects to keep him in the top 10. Stephenson has the potential to dominate, but command is a big issue for him. 7 walks in one game this year? That’s Nuke LaLoosh shite there.

This post was edited on 7/19/15 at 10:50 am